USA v. Satellite

[SicEmBaylor]

USA-1, Satellite-0
We got the bastard.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8UUG8100&show_article=1

[Soonerus]

I think the USA was showing off on this deal...

[SicEmBaylor]

I think the USA was showing off on this deal...
To be frank, it's hard not to show off at everything we do.

[SoonerObsession]

It doesn't matter what our government does, someone is going to complain. I say thank you for trying to keep a huge chunk of falling metal and poisonous fuel from falling on my family.

[Curly Bill]

...and thank you for sending a message to the Russians and Chinese know that they're still PWNED.

[yermom]

It doesn't matter what our government does, someone is going to complain. I say thank you for trying to keep a huge chunk of falling metal and poisonous fuel from falling on my family.

they still don't know if they got the fuel tank, i'm not sure what happens if they didn't...

[Blue]

Note to everybody: You can send up satellites, we can shoot them down.

[Ike]

It doesn't matter what our government does, someone is going to complain. I say thank you for trying to keep a huge chunk of falling metal and poisonous fuel from falling on my family.


I'm not complaining at all...we did this to show up the Chinese, who until this point were the only people to have ever shot down a satellite (and apparently we did)

However, I do wonder, being that I suspect this was done entirely to send a message, whether or not we would have admitted failure if we did fail to blast it out of the sky....I like to think we would, but sadly, I'm not entirely sure that this would be the case.

[Widescreen]

It absolutely was a message. I'm glad we sent it. I expect there will be enough info come out about this over the next 48 hours that there won't be much doubt about it. Of course then we'll hear again about how we didn't land on the moon and the WTC was an inside job. ;)

[BoomerSooner07]

God Bless America

[Octavian]

There'll never be a better time to invade Canada than right now.

[Ike]

It absolutely was a message. I'm glad we sent it. I expect there will be enough info come out about this over the next 48 hours that there won't be much doubt about it. Of course then we'll hear again about how we didn't land on the moon and the WTC was an inside job. ;)


I hope so. After thinking about it a bit, I don't think we would lie if we had missed. There are too many amateur astronomers that could easily point out that the thing was still up and in it's same orbit that we'd come off looking even dumber than we would have had we missed.



BTW, as far as the message bit goes, I'm a bit convinced that this was the only reason we did it. Some people like to say it was to destroy whatever classified **** was on it...I highly doubt that stuff would survive re-entry.


One thing I do know though, I absolutely don't believe the 'preventing danger to people' schtick they've been giving us. 10+ million bucks (and thats just the missile, not including the re-programming, nor the cost to send the ship to the launch site) to prevent the .000000001% chance that one guy might be injured or killed? We've never cared that much about anyone.

[sooner n houston]

God Bless America


And pass the ammo!!! :D

[SoonerStormchaser]

http://travelerocity.blogs.com/travelerocity/images/hedley_lamarr.jpg
Land...land...see snatch.
A-ha! Here it is...Haley vs. United States. Haley-7, United States-0. You see? It can be done!

[Okla-homey]

I hope so. After thinking about it a bit, I don't think we would lie if we had missed. There are too many amateur astronomers that could easily point out that the thing was still up and in it's same orbit that we'd come off looking even dumber than we would have had we missed.



BTW, as far as the message bit goes, I'm a bit convinced that this was the only reason we did it. Some people like to say it was to destroy whatever classified **** was on it...I highly doubt that stuff would survive re-entry.


One thing I do know though, I absolutely don't believe the 'preventing danger to people' schtick they've been giving us. 10+ million bucks (and thats just the missile, not including the re-programming, nor the cost to send the ship to the launch site) to prevent the .000000001% chance that one guy might be injured or killed? We've never cared that much about anyone.

Look, the danged thing was the size of a school bus. It had a hydrazine reservoir onboard that if breached, could poison hundreds, if not thousands. In short, it's a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" dealio. If we hadn't blown it up, and it hit a populated area, people would be asking, "hey, why didn't we shoot it first? More proof George Bush hates <insert description> people!"

[SoonerStormchaser]

Aww hell, let's just issue a blanket statement:
George Bush doesn't care about anyone!

That should take care of it til January 20, 2009.

[Jerk]

The ability to shoot down satellites goes back to the 1984, when an F-15 Eagle, using an ASM-135 missle, shot down a retired communications satellite.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/ASAT_missile_launch.jpg/453px-ASAT_missile_launch.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-15_Eagle

IIRC, the pilot went higher than 80,000 feet and received his space wings.

[sooner_born_1960]

I was pretty good at protecting my cities back in the day.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/16/Mcommand.jpg

[Osce0la]

they still don't know if they got the fuel tank, i'm not sure what happens if they didn't...
http://keetsa.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/nuclear_explosion.jpg

[JohnnyMack]

So "Star Wars" will work is what you're telling me?

[Curly Bill]

So "Star Wars" will work is what you're telling me?

;) ;)

[Widescreen]

So "Star Wars" will work is what you're telling me?
They shot down The Deathticle!

[Pricetag]

I was pretty good at protecting my cities back in the day.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/16/Mcommand.jpg
Looks like they missed the satellite in that picture.

[OUDoc]

More proof George Bush hates <insert description> people!"
George Bush hates satellites, let hope it ends there.

http://static.flickr.com/21/29332061_4dc8725189.jpg

[IB4OU2]

No comment....other than I'm proud of my company and job. :)

[Whet]

The Chinese blew up a satellite with a missile earlier, but the result was thousands of pieces of space junk that now must be tracked, to avoid potential danger to other craft or astronauts. But, thinking about their actions, it fits with the lead in toys, deadly pet food, and gawd awful air pollution (remember they are exempt from Kyoto) - it seems they really don't give a shat about the health or well-being of the rest of the world, or even their "peasant" population....

But, the U.S. still has the technology and knowledge to accomplish this feat!

[SoonerStormchaser]

But that means they get to still bitch and whine when we do things the RIGHT way!

[Widescreen]

IIRC, the Chinese didn't even warn anyone they were getting ready to do it.

[StoopTroup]

BTW...none of this was real....

It was done on a sound stage in Hollywood.

:D :pop:

[Ike]

IIRC, the Chinese didn't even warn anyone they were getting ready to do it.
That may be right, but I seem to remember that they gave maybe 1 days warning that they would do it.

Either way, it wasn't much.

[TheHumanAlphabet]

Note to everybody: You can send up satellites, we can shoot them down.

More likely note to Iran and China, we can shoot down your re-entry nuke tip missiles.

[SoonerObsession]

I can't believe I got neg spek for my comment. No sig of course. Gutless!

[JohnnyMack]

I can't believe I got neg spek for my comment. No sig of course. Gutless!

The first rule of spek...

[TheBobbyTrain]

No comment....other than I'm proud of my company and job. :)


hey i have a buddy that works for the place in the division that produced the thing that exploded the broken orbiting thing

[toast]

The Chinese blew up a satellite with a missile earlier, but the result was thousands of pieces of space junk that now must be tracked,


that's ok all we need is one of these...


http://leaningstraightup.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/megamaid.jpg

[TheHumanAlphabet]

Pretty good video, especially of the hit.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/02/21/satellite.shootdown/index.html#cnnSTCVideo

"Blowd up Real Good!" as Celebrity Blow Up (SCTV) would say...

[King Crimson]

"Blowd up Real Good!" as Celebrity Blow Up (SCTV) would say...


nice. spek. though, as i recall it was originally called Farm Film Report (with Big Jim McBob and Billy Sol Hurok).

though this is Celebrity Blow Up:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI16phDMeCA

[TheHumanAlphabet]

I think your right, though I think it may have morphed into celebrity blow up at some point.

[Widescreen]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/01/18/china.missile/index.html


Britain has complained about lack of consultation before the test and potential damage from the debris it left behind, The Associated Press reported.
This seems to indicate there was no notice.

I'm just frickin impressed that we can hit something traveling 17,000 mph. I don't guess I really understood just how fast these missiles are though. If you look at the video, the layers of clouds absolutely scream by in about 1 frame which gives a little context of just how fast the missile was moving.

[SoonerStormchaser]

that's ok all we need is one of these...


http://leaningstraightup.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/megamaid.jpg


Does she go from suck to blow?

[StoopTroup]

I guess the Chinese now know who makes the best bottle rockets.

[IB4OU2]

hey i have a buddy that works for the place in the division that produced the thing that exploded the broken orbiting thing

Raytheon?

[TheBobbyTrain]

that would be it.